U-T San Diego Fishing Report for Jan. 15, 2013

Poway: For fishing and boat rental information, call the Lake Poway Grill and Tackle Shop at (858) 486-1234. For other information, call the park rangers at (858) 668-4772 or for park reservations call (858) 668-4595. No fishing license required here, but fishing permits necessary. Excellent hiking opportunities, with trails connecting to Poway’s massive network of trails that include Mount Woodson and Iron Mountain. The trails are open daily, as is the lake park. The lake is open to fishing Wednesday through Sunday. The following items are prohibited at Lake Poway in order to prevent the spread of quagga mussels: float tubes, private motors and anchors, live bait containers, fish finders, floating catch baskets, live bait from any source other than the Lake Poway concession, any items the staff considers to be potential contaminants.

Santee Lakes: Big “Trout Re-Opener” drew 422 anglers, and most of them went home happy. Fernando Martinez caught the largest trout, an 8-pound, 4-ounce beauty. He also landed a 6-pounder. Both came from Lake 4 on night crawlers. Martinez not only went home with trout, but he also took a bulk of the bounty for the big trout. He won a portable DVD player, a fishing pole and a tackle box. Kyle Joyce, 14, Rancho Bernardo, landed the second largest trout at 6 pounds, 9 ounces. The youngster took home a bike for his fish that he landed out of Lake 3 on a night crawler. Next stocking is Jan. 25. Check www.santeelakes.com for available campsites. Or call (619) 596-3141. No California state fishing license required to fish Santee’s chain of lakes. Very good hiking opportunities around the seven lakes. Lake 7 is reserved for campers, though. Site for site the best campground in the county. Check www.santeelakes.com. Open daily.

San Vicente: Closed. For construction schedules and information on the Emergency Storage Project, go to the San Diego County Water Authority's web site at www.sdcwa.org and click on San Vicente Dam Raise.

Santa Ana River Lakes: Very good fishing for giant rainbow trout here as the lake is planted with the lunker rainbows every week. Lunkers up to 20 pounds being landed. Check out the fish being planted on a video every week at www.fishinglakes.com . In addition to the larger fish, there are thousands of pounds of pan-sized rainbows averaging about a pound or better planted every week. Most five-trout stringers weigh 5- to 10 pounds. Best baits continue to be floating jar bait rolled in the new Hatchery Dust, now available at the tackle shop. Santa Ana River Lakes is open every day. Fishing is allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these passes is $25. Seniors pay $23 with a $20 special on Wednesdays. All of these passes have a five-fish limit. For kids 4 to 13, a three-fish pass is just $12. There are 24-hour passes offered on Friday and Saturday night on weekends nearest the full moon each month. The 24-hour passes cost $75 and have a 15 fish limit. An angler can bring his wife and up to three kids and all can help fill the 15-fish limit on one of these passes. Camping is free at SARL with a 24-hour pass. For Santa Ana River Lakes fishing information, call (714) 632-7830 or log on at www.fishinglakes.com.